Prince George, B.C.-  Tonight’s the night we gain an hour of sleep as Daylight Saving Time ends..

Clocks  are to be set back  one hour  before  you  go to bed tonight.

According to ICBC, the time change can have an impact  on drivers. In the two  weeks following the time change, ICBC  stats show a 16% increase in the average number of crashes in the late afternoon in B.C. compared to the two weeks before  the switch is made.

The extra hour of sleep doesn’t  translate to  safety says ICBC as a survey it conducted indicated 30% of drivers overcompensate for that hour by staying up later.

A psycholoogist with ICBC, Dr. John Vavrik has  stated in the past that people  rationanalize that extra hour of sleep, “Many of us think that we can stay awake longer, but we actually end up feeling more tired and less alert.”